Lizzy House’s Whisper Palette Banner for Andover Fabrics

Lizzy House’s Whisper Palette Banner by Jessee Maloney for Andover Fabrics {an Art School Dropout's life}This was probably the hardest quilt to photograph ever. It was so large and so white.

It measures 23″x96″ and was made specifically to show off Lizzy House’s Whisper Palette fabric line in the Andover Fabric’s booth at Quilt Market. It’s odd proportions are to help it fit on the pillars they use in their booth.

Lizzy House’s Whisper Palette Banner by Jessee Maloney for Andover Fabrics {an Art School Dropout's life} Lizzy House’s Whisper Palette Banner by Jessee Maloney for Andover Fabrics {an Art School Dropout's life} Lizzy House’s Whisper Palette Banner by Jessee Maloney for Andover Fabrics {an Art School Dropout's life}

I was unable to get a full shot of the banner at my house, but I hope to get better shots of it at the show or when it comes home.

You can sort of see the quilting I did with my longarm in the shots above. All of the negative space was quilted with my version of feathering, and the circles themselves are free hand straight line stitched. I wanted to divide the two areas and give the piece some texture since it is sooooo white.

This is also the palest quilt I’ve ever worked on. I was so scared I was going to stain it or something worse the entire time. It doesn’t help that I have a messy and curious 6 year old running around.

Even with the fear of stains and the difficulty photographing, this is probably one of my favorite projects to date. Actually it might be my new favorite pattern! I’ve already started on two more versions, and will be releasing the pattern with instructions later next month. I’m excited.

The quilt will be returning to me after the show, but I don’t plan on keeping it. It’s too white for a house with the previously mentioned 6 year old living in it. So I will be cutting it up and assembling them in to four 20″ pillows that I’ll add to the shop. So keep an eye out for those!! (You can call dibs too, just email me)

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Spinning Pyramid Quilt Pattern for Robert Kaufman

Spinning Pyramid Quilt Pattern for Robert Kaufman {an Art School Dropout's life}This week is finally the week, the Spinning Pyramid Quilt pattern I designed for Robert Kaufman is live and ready to download FOR FREE!

It is an Advanced foundation paper piecing pattern like my Spinning Icosahedron Quilt, but there are less sides to worry about. Plus there is the option to make 16 blocks like above, or 9 blocks or whatever combination you want!!

If any of you try the pattern out, please send me photos. I’d love to share them on here and on all the social media outlets.

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Stash Fabrics, 303 Kona Colors and a Wibbly Wobbly Quilt Block…

Stash Fabrics, 303 Kona Colors and a Wibbly Wobbly Quilt Block... {an Art School Dropout's life}Last month Stash Fabric’s officially started carrying all 303 Kona Cotton Solids by Robert Kaufman. This is a big deal! Say you have a Kona Color Card and you use it to design a quilt. You then go to order your fabric and instead of buying a color from this shop, and another color from another and so on and so on, you just went to one shop and bought it all and paid for shipping once (or spend over $50 and get free shipping). From someone who has bought from numerous shops to finish one project, this is just amazing.

As part of the celebration Stash Fabrics contacted numerous bloggers and asked us to create our own special Kona Cotton Color Bundles and then make a project using those colors. They called it the Stash Fabrics Kona Blog Hop, and as it happens I am the last on the list. I chose a nice bundle of greenish blues, not to be confused with the tealish blues I use often in other projects. I mixed it up a bit this time. haha. There is also a nice light and dark gray added in for some contrast. This bundle is actually perfect for my Spinning Icosahedron Quilt btw!

Stash Fabrics, 303 Kona Colors and a Wibbly Wobbly Quilt Block... {an Art School Dropout's life}I chose this bundle to use when testing out my newest pattern, the Wibbly Wobbly Quilt, which will be released very very soon. Due to a little one with a stomach virus, me with food poisoning and the start of the school year, I wasn’t able to finish the entire quilt. I did however finish this one 24″ block!! Its massive.

Stash Fabrics, 303 Kona Colors and a Wibbly Wobbly Quilt Block... {an Art School Dropout's life}My plan is to finish three more blocks and piece them together like the picture above. I’ll end up with a nice 48″ quilt that will be perfect on my wall or as a play mat for CT. The Kona Bundle I picked out is a perfect amount of fabric for the rings too.

Stash Fabrics, 303 Kona Colors and a Wibbly Wobbly Quilt Block... {an Art School Dropout's life}As you can see, I’m most of the way there! All the inside rings are assembled, and the outside rings are just sitting by waiting. I’ll show off the finished quilt the same time I release the pattern. I pinky promise!

Stash Fabrics, 303 Kona Colors and a Wibbly Wobbly Quilt Block... {an Art School Dropout's life}

Due to the odd and large curved cuts, I ended up with a load of scrap pieces too. So I used them all and tried out one of the projects from The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters by Sherri Lynn Wood. It was my first time doing improv piecing, and I LOVED it! I’ll talk more about this subject at a later date, as I want to try out more first.

I just wanted to show how gorgeous the lighter tones in the bundle look together.

Stash Fabrics, 303 Kona Colors and a Wibbly Wobbly Quilt Block... {an Art School Dropout's life}If you would like to purchase this bundle, or any of the other blogger bundles then head on over to Stash Fabrics. While you are at it, you can take 10% off your entire order for being one of my blog readers! Just use the coupon code “WOW303”. It expires September 6th 11:59 EST and does not apply to pre-orders or clubs. Even though you can’t take off 10%, I still recommend checking out their Monthly Kona Club which is perfect for growing your solid fabric stash.

I also highly recommend checking out everyone else’s blog posts. There are so many inspiring quilts and blocks to look at from some very talented people!

July 17 – Darcy @ Modern Cozy
July 23 – Jacey  @ Jacey Craft
July 30 – Kelly @ Kelby Sews
August 3 – Nancy @ Owen’s Olivia
August 6 – Jodi @ Tales of Cloth
August 10 – Megan @ City Stitches
August 12 – Rita @ Red Pepper Quilts
August 17 – Elizabeth @ Andpins Handmade
August 19 – Tara @ Rad and Happy
August 21 – Sharon @ Color Girl Quilts
August 24 – Allison @ Allison Sews
August 27 – Kristi @ Schnitzel and Boo
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